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Pakistan Floods Last Summer Could Have Been Predicted

By Guest PostFebruary 5, 2011Environment, Scienceanna ghelli, Bangladesh, computer models, disaster, downpours, environmental prediction, european weather forecasting center, flood forecasting technique, floods, hydrological model, meteorological agency, monitoring, monsoonal deluges, Pakistan, peter Webster, rainfall, terrain

WASHINGTON — Five days before intense monsoonal deluges unleashed vast floods across Pakistan last July, computer models at a European weather-forecasting center were giving clear indications that the downpours were imminent. Now, a new scientific study that retrospectively examines the raw data from these computer models, has confirmed that, if the information had been processed, forecasters could have predicted extremely accurate rainfall totals 8-10 days beforehand.

The study also finds that the floods themselves could have been predicted if this data, which originated from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasting (ECMWF), had been processed and fed into a hydrological model, which takes terrain into account. (more…)

Troops in Afghanistan Had Special Group to Exterminate “Terrorists”

By PravdaJuly 27, 2010Politicsafghanistan, air missiles, al qaeda, americans, Barack Obama, coalition troops, der Spiegel, french troops, guardian, iran, lisa karpova, new york times, Pakistan, pravda, taliban, White House, wikileaks

Hundreds of civilians were killed without public and official knowledge by coalition troops in Afghanistan. Secret plans to kill leaders of the extremist Taliban and Al Qaeda and the discussion of the alleged involvement of Iran and Pakistan in supporting the insurgents were recurring themes for military leaders.

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Afghanistan’s Natural Wealth Evaluated at $1 Trillion

By PravdaJune 18, 2010Economyafghan economy, afghanistan, american geologists, blackberrys, China, cobalt, copper, drugs, gold, hamid karzai, iron, kabul, laptops, lithium, Pakistan, soviet scientists, taliban, united states

In Afghanistan, American geologists have discovered deposits of iron, copper, lithium, cobalt, and gold worth $1 trillion.

Experts believe that these reserves may not only stop the poverty in one of the poorest countries in the world, but turn Afghanistan in a flourishing country and one of the largest centers of natural resources excavation.

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Pakistan Floods Last Summer Could Have Been Predicted

Troops in Afghanistan Had Special Group to Exterminate “Terrorists”

Afghanistan’s Natural Wealth Evaluated at $1 Trillion